Tool-holder.



S. C. BARRETT.

TOOL HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED PEB.27,1913.

1,081,262, Patented Dec.9, 1913.

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UNITED STATlil g liTENT OFFICE.

SEBERT G. BARRETT, OF MEDINA, NEW YORK.

TOOL-HOLDER.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SEBnn'r C. BARRETT, citizen of the United States, residing at Medina, in the county of Orleans and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Tool-Holders of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in tool holders and is particularly designed to hold and support nail-sets such as that described in my co pending application for nail-sets, Serial No. 751,073 Feb. 27, 1913.

The object of the invention is to provide a device which is simple, efficient and economically constructed and capable of being fastened to the apron. or upon the overalls of a workman, whereby nail-sets or tools of a similar character may be suspended upon the garment of the user so as to be convenient for quick removal.

Another object of the invention is to provide a holder with regards to prevent accidental displacement of the tool carried by the holder.

Other and further objects and advantages of the invention will be hereinafter set forth and the novel features thereof defined by the appended claims.

In the drawing: Figure 1 is a perspective view showing the device in use for carrying a nail-set upon a workmans apron; Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the holder showing the nail-set in dotted lines; Fig. 3 is a top plan of the holder; Fig. 4 is a side elevation; Fig. 5 is a plan of the blank; and Fig. 6 is a detail perspective of the nail set detached.

Like numerals of reference refer to like parts in the several figures of the drawings.

The holder which may be formed of any desired material, for instance metal, is preferably produced from a single blank as shown in Fig. 5. The body 1 of this blank is substantially cruciform in shape and the opposite ends of the cross-arm 2 thereof are bent upward as at 3 to form protecting guards for the transversely extending portions of the tool to be received by the holder. The upper arm a of the blank is also formed at its free end with a laterally bent protecting flange 5 disposed above the upper end of the inserted tool to prevent vertical Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed February 27, 1913.

Patented Dec.9,1913. Serial No. 751,072.

movement thereof. The lower or depending arm 6 of the holder is provided at opposite sides with protecting flanges 7 which taper toward each other at the lower portion of the holder and are then joined to form a tubular or conical socket 8 to receive the lower point of the tool. The holder is provided at any desired point with a spring retaining clip 9.

The holder is adapted to receive and retain any desired tool but is particularly clesigned for use in connection with my improved construction of nail-set shown in Fig. 6. This nail-set is formed of substantially cruciform shape, the longer arm 10 thereof being formed at one end with a nailset point 11 and at its opposite end with a hammer face 12. The cross arm 13 of the nail-set is disposed at substantially a right angle to the arm 10 adjacent the face 12 thereof and is provided at one end with a nail-set 14. and at its opposite end with a hammer face 15. This construction forms a tool having flat faces at opposite sides and is, therefore, adapted for insertion in the holder hereinbefore described so as to rest snugly within the guard flanges thereof without any projection beyond said flanges and thereby remove all likelihood of the accidental displacement of the tool from the spring retaining clip. The lower tubular or conical shaped pocket of the holder embraces the nail-set point of the tool so as to protect it from contact.

The invention presents a simple and efficient form of tool holder, which may be at tached to the apron of a workman in any desired manner, as by rivets 16 and 17, Fig. 1, capable of retaining a tool for quick removal without danger of loss of the tool.

What I claim is:

1. A substantially cruciform tool holder comprising a cross arm provided at its ends with protecting flanges, a long arm providedat its upper end with a protecting flange and at its lower end with a point receiving socket, and a spring clip disposed upon the face of said holder intermediate the flanges at the ends of the cross arms thereof.

2. A substantially cruciform tool holder adapted for attachment to a garment. said holder comprising a cross arm provided at its ends With protecting flanges, a long arm In testimony whereof I aflix my signature provided at its upper end with at protecting in presence of two Witnesses,

flange, and inwardly tapering guard flanges SEBERT C. BARRETT. at opposite sides of the long arm of said \Vitnesses:

5 holder merging at their lower end into a AMES SWART,

tubular point receiving socket. HARRY T. KROMPART.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Iatents, Washington, D. O. 

